Grindrod Garlic Festival 2022
Join us Sunday August 21 2022, 10 -4
We are happy to announce that we are hosting a festival in 2022. It will be a scaled down market style event with no workshops. We will have judging classes and a people's choice poetry and art contest.
And a lot of garlic for sale!
2019 Schedule of Events
2019 EVENTS - WE HOPE TO HAVE MOST OF THESE BACK IN 2023
9:00 am
Festival Opens…Welcome!
All Day
Kids & Community Crafts & Activities for Kids
Kissing Booth
Allan Brooks Nature Centre - Nature Trailer
Musical Entertainment @ Main Stage
MC Rory Ian White of RRDUBB Music Services
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Submit Judging Competition Entries – Judging area beside Main Stage
9:30 am - 10:30 am
Garlic Braiding Workshop @ Workshop Tent (sign up at volunteer tent , $10 charge for braid, audit for free!) Veronica Faulkner of Grindrod Garlic Goddess
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Chef Demo @ Chef’s Tent
11:00 am
Deadline for Exhibit Entries
11:00 am - 11:45 am
Musical Entertainment @ Main Stage by local band The Keys
Music by the River sponsored by Enderby and District Arts Council
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Garlic Braiding Workshop @ Workshop Tent (sign up at Info/volunteer tent , $10 charge for braid, audit for free!) Veronica Faulkner of Grindrod Garlic Goddess
11:00 am - 11:30 pm
Chef Demo @ Chef’s Tent
12:30 am
First Silent Auction Pick Up - No next day pick up
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Garlic Eating Competition @ Main Stage (sign up at volunteer tent)
12:30 am - 1:30 pm
Garlic Braiding Workshop @ Workshop Tent (sign up at Info/volunteer tent , $10 charge for braid, audit for free!) Hardneck Braiding by Jacinthe Alarie of Pheasant Acres, Softneck Braiding by Maddock Ridge Farms
1:00 pm - 1:45pm
Musical Entertainment @ Main Stage by local band The Keys
Music by the River sponsored by Enderby and District Arts Council
1:00 pm
Garlic Judging Finishes - Open for public viewing
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Garlic Growing Workshop @ Workshop Tent (sign up at Info/volunteer tent) Ian Richardson of Rocky Ridge Farm
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Chef Demo @ Chef’s Tent
3:00 pm
Second Silent Auction Pick Up - No next day pick up
3:00 pm
Voting Closes - People’s Choice Art
3:15 pm
People’s Choice Art - Winner Announcement at Main Stage
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
All Contestants Collect Judging and Contest Entries
4:00 pm
Festival Closes
Thank you for coming and see you next year!
Highlights of our festival
Lots to do and see !
Garlic Eating Contest - Sign up for the popular garlic eating contest and cheer on your favourite contestant.
Watch garlic cooking demonstrations and Q &A with a local chef.
Kids & Community - featuring fun activities for children which include rock painting, creating a giant chalk board drawing, and playing in a pool of grain.
Competition classes are open to everyone.
- Are you convinced your garlic is the biggest, your vegetables are the best, and your herbs the tastiest? Enter them in the garlic, vegetable and herb competition classes. From Most Unusual Shape to Best Braid and Most Varieties Grown, there is a garlic class to fit every size and shape of garlic!
- People’s Choice Art Contest - Create an original, garlic-inspired work of art in any medium, the winner will get a prize and will be featured on next years poster.
- If the camera is your preferred tool, the photography contest is perfect for you.
- Are you a great poet, and want everyone to know it? Write a garlic-inspired poem or song to be shared at the Festival.
Click Here for judging categories Bring all entries to the information booth before 11 am on festival day.
Workshops are scheduled throughout the day, for example:
- Garlic Growing with Ian Richardson from Rocky Ridge Garlic in Mara, BC. No fee.
- Garlic Braiding - if you wish to take a braid home there is a $10 fee for materials at the Info Booth.
